Rice 90-89 New Mexico (20 Dec, 2015) Play-by-Play

Rice Owls

5-6, 1-3 away

	1	2	T
RICE	38	52	90
UNM	44	45	89

New Mexico Lobos

7-3, 6-1 home

TIME		RICE	UNM
19:43	Obij Aget Turnover.	0	0
19:28	Marcus Evans made Layup. Assisted by Andrew Drone.	2	0
19:15	Obij Aget made Dunk. Assisted by Cullen Neal.	2	2
19:00	Foul on Elijah Brown.	2	2
18:51	Egor Koulechov made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Evans.	5	2
18:36	Cullen Neal missed Jumper.	5	2
18:36	New Mexico Offensive Rebound.	5	2
18:30	Elijah Brown missed Three Point Jumper.	5	2
18:30	Obij Aget Offensive Rebound.	5	2
18:28	Foul on Andrew Drone.	5	2
18:28	Obij Aget made Free Throw.	5	3
18:28	Obij Aget missed Free Throw.	5	3
18:28	Rice Deadball Team Rebound.	5	3
18:27	Foul on Sam Logwood.	5	3
18:07	Max Guercy missed Layup.	5	3
18:07	Obij Aget Block.	5	3
18:06	Sam Logwood Defensive Rebound.	5	3
17:55	Elijah Brown missed Three Point Jumper.	5	3
17:55	Tim Williams Offensive Rebound.	5	3
17:51	Tim Williams missed Layup.	5	3
17:51	Marcus Evans Defensive Rebound.	5	3
17:30	Marcus Evans missed Layup.	5	3
17:30	Marquez Letcher-Ellis Offensive Rebound.	5	3
17:26	Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Layup.	5	3
17:26	Marcus Evans Offensive Rebound.	5	3
17:21	Marcus Evans missed Jumper.	5	3
17:21	Obij Aget Defensive Rebound.	5	3
17:19	Cullen Neal made Layup. Assisted by Obij Aget.	5	5
17:19	Foul on Egor Koulechov.	5	5
17:19	Cullen Neal missed Free Throw.	5	5
17:19	Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.	5	5
17:11	Bishop Mency missed Three Point Jumper.	5	5
17:11	Obij Aget Defensive Rebound.	5	5
17:01	Cullen Neal missed Layup.	5	5
17:01	Marquez Letcher-Ellis Defensive Rebound.	5	5
16:56	Egor Koulechov made Layup. Assisted by Marquez Letcher-Ellis.	7	5
16:43	Foul on Marcus Evans.	7	5
16:28	Obij Aget Turnover.	7	5
16:28	Egor Koulechov Steal.	7	5
16:10	Marcus Evans Turnover.	7	5
16:09	Sam Logwood Steal.	7	5
16:05	Sam Logwood Turnover.	7	5
15:42	Max Guercy missed Layup.	7	5
15:42	Anthony Mathis Defensive Rebound.	7	5
15:31	Cullen Neal Turnover.	7	5
15:30	Egor Koulechov Steal.	7	5
15:04	Marcus Evans missed Three Point Jumper.	7	5
15:04	Tim Williams Defensive Rebound.	7	5
14:50	Anthony Mathis missed Jumper.	7	5
14:50	Marcus Evans Defensive Rebound.	7	5
14:34	Egor Koulechov made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Connor Cashaw.	10	5
14:11	Tim Williams Turnover.	10	5
14:10	Connor Cashaw Steal.	10	5
14:07	Connor Cashaw made Layup.	12	5
14:05	Official TV Timeout	12	5
13:55	Jordan Hunter Turnover.	12	5
13:43	Bishop Mency made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Egor Koulechov.	15	5
13:10	Jordan Hunter missed Three Point Jumper.	15	5
13:10	Rice Deadball Team Rebound.	15	5
12:58	Andrew Drone missed Layup.	15	5
12:58	Xavier Adams Block.	15	5
12:56	Andrew Drone Offensive Rebound.	15	5
12:56	Foul on Xavier Adams.	15	5
12:56	Andrew Drone made Free Throw.	16	5
12:56	Andrew Drone made Free Throw.	17	5
12:45	Foul on Marquez Letcher-Ellis.	17	5
12:29	Nikola Scekic made Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Mathis.	17	7
12:18	Foul on Jordan Hunter.	17	7
12:15	Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Jumper.	17	7
12:14	Joe Furstinger Defensive Rebound.	17	7
11:48	Joe Furstinger made Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Hunter.	17	9
11:46	Marcus Evans Turnover.	17	9
11:45	Official TV Timeout	17	9
11:21	Foul on Marquez Letcher-Ellis.	17	9
11:21	Xavier Adams missed Free Throw.	17	9
11:21	New Mexico Deadball Team Rebound.	17	9
11:21	Xavier Adams made Free Throw.	17	10
10:55	Bishop Mency missed Three Point Jumper.	17	10
10:55	Joe Furstinger Defensive Rebound.	17	10
10:43	Anthony Mathis missed Three Point Jumper.	17	10
10:43	Xavier Adams Offensive Rebound.	17	10
10:39	Anthony Mathis missed Three Point Jumper.	17	10
10:39	Bishop Mency Defensive Rebound.	17	10
10:25	Max Guercy made Jumper.	19	10
9:59	Jordan Hunter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Adams.	19	13
9:48	Bishop Mency missed Three Point Jumper.	19	13
9:48	Xavier Adams Defensive Rebound.	19	13
9:38	Jordan Hunter made Layup.	19	15
9:36	Rice Timeout	19	15
9:21	Connor Cashaw missed Three Point Jumper.	19	15
9:21	Jordan Hunter Defensive Rebound.	19	15
8:48	Jordan Hunter missed Three Point Jumper.	19	15
8:48	Rice Deadball Team Rebound.	19	15
8:33	Connor Cashaw made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Egor Koulechov.	22	15
8:17	Jordan Hunter Turnover.	22	15
8:16	Marcus Evans Steal.	22	15
8:15	Marcus Evans made Layup.	24	15
7:58	Jordan Hunter Turnover.	24	15
7:58	Amir Smith Steal.	24	15
7:58	Foul on Jordan Hunter.	24	15
7:58	Official TV Timeout	24	15
7:58	Marcus Evans made Free Throw.	25	15
7:58	Marcus Evans made Free Throw.	26	15
7:48	Elijah Brown made Jumper.	26	17
7:29	Connor Cashaw Turnover.	26	17
7:16	Elijah Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tim Williams.	26	20
7:03	Marcus Evans missed Three Point Jumper.	26	20
7:03	Andrew Drone Offensive Rebound.	26	20
6:57	Connor Cashaw made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Andrew Drone.	29	20
6:33	Cullen Neal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Logwood.	29	23
6:26	Foul on Cullen Neal.	29	23
6:26	Max Guercy made Free Throw.	30	23
6:26	Max Guercy made Free Throw.	31	23
6:17	Cullen Neal made Jumper.	31	25
6:06	Andrew Drone missed Layup.	31	25
6:06	Obij Aget Block.	31	25
6:05	Sam Logwood Defensive Rebound.	31	25
6:00	Cullen Neal missed Three Point Jumper.	31	25
6:00	Marcus Evans Defensive Rebound.	31	25
5:52	Marcus Evans made Jumper.	33	25
5:37	Tim Williams missed Layup.	33	25
5:37	Egor Koulechov Block.	33	25
5:35	Tim Williams Offensive Rebound.	33	25
5:27	Foul on Andrew Drone.	33	25
5:27	Foul on Connor Cashaw.	33	25
5:27	Obij Aget made Free Throw.	33	26
5:27	Obij Aget made Free Throw.	33	27
5:17	Marcus Evans made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Max Guercy.	36	27
5:07	Foul on Max Guercy.	36	27
5:07	Cullen Neal made Free Throw.	36	28
5:07	Cullen Neal missed Free Throw.	36	28
5:07	Bishop Mency Defensive Rebound.	36	28
4:51	Max Guercy missed Layup.	36	28
4:51	Tim Williams Block.	36	28
4:49	Xavier Adams Defensive Rebound.	36	28
4:44	Cullen Neal made Layup.	36	30
4:36	Max Guercy Turnover.	36	30
4:20	Tim Williams made Layup. Assisted by Cullen Neal.	36	32
3:55	Egor Koulechov Turnover.	36	32
3:54	Nikola Scekic Steal.	36	32
3:52	Foul on Max Guercy.	36	32
3:52	Official TV Timeout	36	32
3:52	Xavier Adams made Free Throw.	36	33
3:52	Xavier Adams made Free Throw.	36	34
3:24	Marcus Evans missed Three Point Jumper.	36	34
3:24	Elijah Brown Defensive Rebound.	36	34
3:17	Foul on Marcus Evans.	36	34
3:17	Elijah Brown made Free Throw.	36	35
3:17	Elijah Brown made Free Throw.	36	36
2:50	Max Guercy missed Jumper.	36	36
2:50	Marcus Evans Offensive Rebound.	36	36
2:46	Marcus Evans Turnover.	36	36
2:28	Elijah Brown Turnover.	36	36
2:27	Marcus Evans Steal.	36	36
2:25	Foul on Max Guercy.	36	36
2:25	Max Guercy Turnover.	36	36
2:05	Cullen Neal missed Layup.	36	36
2:05	Marcus Evans Defensive Rebound.	36	36
1:41	Marcus Evans missed Three Point Jumper.	36	36
1:41	Elijah Brown Defensive Rebound.	36	36
1:29	Tim Williams made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Adams.	36	38
1:02	Foul on Xavier Adams.	36	38
1:02	Marcus Evans missed Free Throw.	36	38
1:02	Elijah Brown Defensive Rebound.	36	38
0:52	Elijah Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cullen Neal.	36	41
0:30	Andrew Drone made Jumper. Assisted by Connor Cashaw.	38	41
0:04	Sam Logwood made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cullen Neal.	38	44
0:00	End of 1st half	38	44

The Pit

1:00 AM, 20 December 2015

Albuquerque, NM

Attendance: 12,507

Referees:
Kevin Brill
Ryan Holmes
Tom O'Neill

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
South Florida	16-2	-	25-8
Florida Atlantic	14-4	2	25-9
Charlotte	13-5	3	19-12
UAB	12-6	4	23-12
Memphis	11-7	5	22-10
SMU	11-7	5	20-13
North Texas	10-8	6	19-15
Tulsa	7-11	9	16-15
East Carolina	7-11	9	15-18
Tulane	5-13	11	14-17
Temple	5-13	11	16-20
Wichita State	5-13	11	15-19
UTSA	5-13	11	11-21
Rice	5-13	11	11-21

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Utah State	14-4	-	28-7
Nevada	13-5	1	26-8
Boise State	13-5	1	22-11
UNLV	12-6	2	21-13
San Diego State	11-7	3	26-11
New Mexico	10-8	4	26-10
Colorado State	10-8	4	25-11
Wyoming	8-10	6	15-17
Fresno State	4-14	10	12-21
Air Force	2-16	12	9-22
San José State	2-16	12	9-23

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